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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1031] (1186/1782)

The record is made up of 2 volumes (1624 pages). It was created in 1915. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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was, in both cases, that His Majesty's Government had no desire to
disturb the stains quo at Kuwait; and, on the 9th o£ September, the
controversy between the British Government and the Porte regarding
Kuwait was closed, to all appearance, by a mutual engagement to respect
the status quo.
While the discussions just described were proceeding in Europe
Ibn-Rashid was not inactive. At the end of September 1901 his partisans
raided a camp of the Rashaidah not far from Jahrah j and, though
eventually driven off, they succeeded in carrying away a considerable
booty and killed several men of a Kuwait force which was sent against
them. The Bedouin inhabitants of the whole country-side then flocked
into the neighbourhood of Kuwait town for protection, and a huge
camp was formed, containing thousands of Bedouins with their flocks
and herds, which extended along the coast as far as Ras-al-Ardh ; but, a
second raid by Ibn-Rashid^s men in the neighbourhood of Jabal 'Amudah
and Ras Misha'ab having proved less successful than the first, the invaders
retired towards Central Arabia, and the enormous gathering of refugees
at Kuwait melted away as suddenly as it had formed. Ibn-Rashid
lingered for some time longer at Hafar, and his protracted stay there, taken
in conjunction with the proceedings of the Turks, caused Shaikh Mubarak
much uneasiness. During this disturbed period several British gunboats
were held in readiness at or near Kuwait; the naval authorities were
empowered by the Government of India to use force to repel an attack
by Ibn-Rashid ; and a scheme for the defence of the town was arranged
by the Senior Naval Officer. The experience gained and the observations
made on this occasion showed that Kuwait was not defensible against
a land attack by naval means alone. Shaikh Mubarak, in return for
the good offices exercised on his behalf, was required to promise
compliance with such British advice as might be given him, and he did so.
At the middle of November 1901, Ibn-Rashid having in the
meantime moved down from Hafar to Safwan, a place on the frontier
between Turkish 3 Iraq and Kuwait, the Naqib of Basrah visited Kuwait
with a telegram from the Sultan of Turkey. In this telegram the V\ ali
of Basrah was directed to send the Naqib to interview Shaikh Mubarak
and warn him that his course of action was rash and impious, and that
he should seek safety by returning to his religious duty and
propitiating the Sultan. According to one account. Shaikh Mubarak in
reply made commonplace professions of loyalty to the Porte and
complained of the doings of Ibn-Rashid and Yusuf of Dorah ; but the
Naqib seems to have reported to his own Government that the Shaikh
repudiated the suzerainty of the Sultan and that he had referred the
Panic at
Kuwait 02
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of Ibn-
Rasbid,
September—
October
1901. .
Crisis at
Kuwait diie
to attempts
bj' Turkey to
upset the
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December
1901.
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Theses two volumes make up Volume I, Part IA and Part IB (Historical) (pages i-778 and 779-1624) of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , ’Omān and Central Arabia (Government of India: 1915), compiled by John Gordon Lorimer and completed for press by Captain L Birdwood.

Part 1A contains an 'Introduction' (pages i-iii) written by Birdwood in Simla, dated 10 October 1914. There is also a 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Tables' (page v-viii) and 'Detailed Table of Contents' (pages ix-cxxx), both of which cover all volumes and parts of the Gazetteer .

Parts IA and IB consist of nine chapters:

  • 'Chapter I. General History of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (Part IA, pages 1-396);
  • 'Chapter II. History of the ’Omān Sultanate' (Part IA, pages 397-629);
  • 'Chapter III. History of Trucial ’Omān' (Part IA, page 630-Part IB, page 786);
  • 'Chapter IV. History of Qatar' (Part IB, pages 787-835);
  • 'Chapter V. History of Bahrain' (Part IB, pages 836-946);
  • 'Chapter VI. History of Hasa' (Part IB, pages 947-999);
  • 'Chapter VII. History of Kuwait' (Part 1B, pages 1000-1050);
  • 'Chapter VIII. History of Najd or Central Arabia' (Part 1B, pages 1051-1178);
  • 'Chapter IX. History of Turkish ’Iraq' (Part 1B, pages 1179-1624).
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2 volumes (1624 pages)
Arrangement

Volume I, Part I has been divided into two bound volumes (1A and 1B) for ease of binding. Part 1A contains an 'Introduction', 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Trees' and 'Detailed Table of Contents'. The content is arranged into nine chapters, with accompanying annexures, that relate to specific geographic regions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The chapters are sub-divided into numbered periods according, for example, to the reign of a ruler or regime of a Viceroy, or are arbitrarily based on outstanding land-marks in the history of the region. Each period has been sub-divided into subject headings, each of which has been lettered. The annexures focus on a specific place or historical event. Further subject headings also appear in the right and left margins of the page. Footnotes appear occasionally at the bottom of the page to provide further details and references.

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Foliation: The foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The sequence runs through parts IA and IB as follows:

  • Volume I, Part IA: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 456. Total number of folios: 456. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 460.
  • Volume I, Part IB: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 457, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 878. It should be noted that folio 488 is followed by folio 488A. Total number of folios: 423. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 427.
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